EPISODE · Jun 26, 2026 · 2H 43M
Deadwood, Season 1
from Supercontext: an autopsy of media · host Supercontext podcast
This revisionist Western is a mix of fictional and historical narratives about how law, society, and America came to South Dakota in the late 1800s. We talk about how the show's creator, David Milch, got from Ancient Rome to the Dakota gold rush, and all the lines he crossed to get there. Sources Deadwood, Generic Transformation, and Televisual History by Allison Perlman THE WAY OUT WEST: DAVID MILCH & IAN MCSHANE ON DEADWOOD by Damien Love Singer, Mark (February 14, 2005). "The Misfit". The New Yorker. Andreeva, N. (2003, January 7). HBO, Milch mine "Deadwood" for Western series. (News). The Hollywood Reporter, 376(39), 5. https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/Entertainment-115937&page=1 Brian McCuskey. (2013). Last Words in Deadwood. In N. S. Witschi & M. Graulich (Eds.), Dirty Words in Deadwood (p. 18). UNP - Nebraska Paperback. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt1ddr701.9 Witschi, N. S., & Graulich, M. (2013). Who Put the Gun into the Whore's Hand? In Dirty Words in Deadwood. University of Nebraska Press. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/deadwood-review-season-one-hbo-2004-1235857267/ https://variety.com/2004/tv/reviews/deadwood-4-1200534541/ https://www.looper.com/153803/we-finally-understand-why-deadwood-was-canceled/ https://www.cinemantics.org/p/the-meaning-behind-deadwoods-opening http://www.hpten.com/all-content/2021/9/30/theme-character-and-language-in-deadwood Peacock, S. (2010). Borders and boundaries in Deadwood. In C. CORNEA (Ed.), Genre and performance: film and television (pp. 96–112). Manchester University Press. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt1vwmg3w.11 Johnson, M. K. (2013). Queer Spaces and Emotional Couplings in Deadwood. In M. GRAULICH & N. S. WITSCHI (Eds.), Dirty Words in Deadwood: Literature and the Postwestern (pp. 208–235). University of Nebraska Press. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctt1ddr701.17 https://www.avclub.com/keith-carradine-on-deadwood-fargo-and-madonna-1798250077 https://collider.com/walter-hill-interview-reassignment-deadwood/ David Milch at Yale: An Interview by Nathaniel Lewis
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